SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Upgrade to an Bruker Optics Vertex 70 Spectrometer
- Notice Date
- 7/28/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- NB831020806001
- Response Due
- 8/12/2008
- Archive Date
- 8/27/2008
- Point of Contact
- Prateema E. Carvajal,, Phone: 301-975-4390, Jennifer Lohmeier,, Phone: 301-975-8173
- E-Mail Address
-
prateema.carvajal@nist.gov, jennifer.lohmeier@nist.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (1), with Bruker Optics, of Billerica, Massachusetts, for the acquisition of an Upgrade to an existing Vertex 70 Spectrometer being used in the Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory at NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland. *****Sole Source determination is based on the need for an upgrade to an existing CSTL Bruker Optics Vertex 70 Spectrometer which will be used for Standard Reference Material (SRM) certification and production. This upgrade involves additional hardware and software modification to the spectrometer which is proprietary to Bruker Optics. Bruker Optics is the only known vendor capable of providing the required upgrade..***Delivery shall be FOB DESTINATION and be completed in accordance with the Contractor’s commercial schedule. *** *** As defined in the Federal Acquisition Regulation, (FAR), FOB Destination means: The contractor shall pack and mark the shipment in conformance with carrier requirements, deliver the shipment in good order and condition to the point of delivery specified in the purchase order, be responsible for any loss of and/or damage to the goods occurring before receipt and acceptance of the shipment by the consignee at the delivery point specified in the purchase order; and pay all charges to the specified point of delivery. The contractor shall deliver all line items to NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-0001. *** *****The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516, and the size standard is 500 Employees. ******A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. *****No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, responses received by August 12, 2008 will be considered by the Government.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN01625122-W 20080730/080728224127-acf097a4f238f3793cfad3e733c57e7d (fbodaily.com)
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